IFS Vacancy

UPSC Indian Forest Service (IFS) vacancies for IFoS 2026: 80 — 33 UR, 21 OBC, 12 SC, 8 EWS and 6 ST.

Posts covered

Indian Forest Service, a Group A All India Service under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, managing state forest departments, wildlife and protected areas.

Pay

Pay Level 10 of the 7th CPC Pay Matrix at entry (₹56,100 basic), as Assistant Conservator of Forests.

How UPSC announces vacancies

UPSC publishes an approximate vacancy figure in the Examination Notice and states in the same paragraph that the number is liable to alteration. The final figure is settled once the cadre controlling authorities confirm their requirements, which is usually after the Main Examination. The number in the notice is therefore an indication, not a commitment.

Reservation

Vacancies are reserved for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, the Economically Weaker Sections and Persons with Benchmark Disability as fixed by the Government. The notice sets out the category-wise break-up, including the sub-categories of disability against which each PwBD vacancy is identified.